Zephyrs fall to Salt Lake

Published: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:56 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 10, 2013 at 6:56 a.m.

Kip Wells limited the New Orleans Zephyrs to only a first-inning run on Thursday night, and snapped the Zephyrs’ win streak at three games as Salt Lake took a 2-1 win at Zephyr Field.

The Zephyrs still have not had a winning or losing streak of longer than three in a row this season.

Working deliberately, Wells kept the Zephyrs off balance through his five innings of work to pick up his first win of the season. The 36-year-old veteran had allowed 10 runs and 13 hits in six innings over his first two starts of the year, but gave up only a first-inning run to the Z’s on Thursday when Gorkys Hernandez led off with a single, moved to third on an Ed Lucas single and scored on Jordan Brown’s sacrifice fly.

The Bees had grabbed a brief 1-0 lead in the top of the first after just two batters, when Trent Oeltjen doubled, stole third and scored on a single up the middle by Roberto Lopez.

Salt Lake quickly took the lead again in the top of the second, capitalizing on a pair of walks issued by Zephyrs starter Duane Below to lead off the frame. Brad Hawpe and Bill Hall drew free passes, and Matt Downs threw wildly to first on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Matt Young, allowing Hawpe to score. Below limited the damage by getting Jimmy Swift to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

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